Best Ways to Break the News You're Pregnant

I Love Grandma

You're pregnant! Now comes the fun part. How will you break the BIG news? The possibilities are endless -- here are some of our favorite ways real moms shared the news.

We told our parents by taking each of them out to lunch and giving our mothers "just a little something we saw and thought they would like." The gift was a wrapped bib that said "I Love Grandma." It took a few seconds for them to realize what the bib meant and their reactions were shock then complete happiness and tears. An amazing moment!
-- Lisa D.A., Warwick, Rhode Island

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Goodbye Tampons

To announce my pregnancy to my little sister I gave her a box of tampons. She gave me a look like I was stupid and said: "What are these for?" I said, "I won't be needing these for the next 9 months so I thought you could use them!" She was so caught off guard!
-Christina D., Kelley, Iowa

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T-riffic Way to Break the News

When I was pregnant with my son Liam, my husband and I had a T-shirt made for our Pomeranian, Ginger, that said "I'm going to be a big sister." She wore it to Mother's Day brunch to tell our moms that they were going to be grandmas.

When we were announcing our current pregnancy, we had a T-shirt made for our son that said "Big Brother in Training" on the front and "February '08" on the back. Of course we couldn't leave our little fur baby out so she got a tee that said "Not Again" -- which we thought suited her opinion on the matter. This time, Liam walked Ginger out during a Father's Day BBQ to tell the family.
-- Jennifer T., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Valuable Investment

I found out I was pregnant while my husband was on business and I didn't want to tell him over the phone. I saw some really funny onesies at Target that said things like "Party at My Crib" and "Tax Deduction." I decided I had to get the "Tax Deduction" onesie for my husband because he carefully manages our money. I wrapped it up and brought it with me when I went to pick him up at the airport. He was so shocked and kept asking if I was joking.
-- Alicia B., Manteca, California

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Sweet Treat

We were going to my parents' house for dinner and wanted to surprise them by telling them we were pregnant. We told them we would bring the dessert, so we picked up an ice cream cake and had "We're Pregnant" written on it. It was hard to keep quiet all through dinner, but boy were we excited for dessert. Seven months later we played hangman to revel the name we had chosen for our little Ella Rose.
-- Celine V., Phoenix, Arizona

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New Baby Greetings

This is our fifth pregnancy and as our Christmas card this year we sent a photo card with a picture of our youngest on the front wearing a T-shirt that says "I'm the Big Brother." The inside said, "We are getting a very special gift that we can't unwrap until August 2008."
-- Leslie D., La Crescenta, California

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Hot-Rod Grandma

We all ride motorcycles in my family, so I sent my mom a book entitled Grandma Rides a Harley when I found out I was pregnant. She called me the second she got it. I could tell she was very excited, but was trying to keep calm until she got clarification.
-Dawn S., Burlington, Connecticut

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Wake-Up Call

I was getting discouraged after trying to get pregnant for a few months and had no desire to face another pregnancy test. One morning I got up early (5 a.m.) and decided if I was going to take the test today, this was the time to do it. When I saw the positive result I literally had to rub my eyes (yes, like a cartoon character) and look again.

I heard my husband stirring in the bedroom so I ran downstairs and put the test in a Ziploc bag and rushed back up to put it on his pillow. I pretended I was sleeping when he literally laid his head down on it. It was amazing to watch him look at the test and come the realization of what it meant on his own.
-- Laura K., Metuchen, New Jersey

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Out of Left Field

The company I worked for had a skybox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. I was able to get the box for Father's Day and made it seem like we were just taking out the family to a Chicago White Sox game. I arranged for the jumbo-tron TV to say "The Banass-Schuler family is about to grow by two feet 2.14.06." Thankfully everyone was in the box when it popped up because the park couldn't say what time it would be up there! My mom's reaction? "I wondered why you weren't drinking!"
-- Stephanie S., Shorewood, Illinois

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Hallmark Moment

I photocopied my first ultrasound pictures on a color copier and then took a large piece of white paper and cut out a diaper shape with tabs and folded it up. It opened like a baby's diaper and I attached the ultrasound image to the inside of the diaper and wrote "Congratulations Grandma!" I sealed the diaper closed using a bit of rolled tape and put them in envelopes to mail off.-- Celine N., Kensington, Connecticut